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A malian Special Force soldier holds a gun as she sits on the ground, during the Operation Gustav, a hunt for Islamist fighters in a valley in northern Mali and one of France's largest military operations during its three-month...More

A malian Special Force soldier holds a gun as she sits on the ground, during the...A malian Special Force soldier holds a gun as she sits on the ground, during the Operation Gustav, a hunt for Islamist fighters in a valley in northern Mali and one of France's largest military operations during its three-month intervention in its former colony, on April 9, 2013, 105 km North of Gao. Operation Gustav comes with France preparing to withdraw three-quarters of the 4,000 troops it deployed in January to block a feared advance on the Malian capital Bamako by Al Qaeda-linked insurgents.LessMore